Michaelia Cash (WA, Liberal Party, Minister for Women) Share this | Hansard source

Again, I hate to say it, but you and I have been here before. We are going to have to agree to disagree in terms of what you say the impact of the clauses are. We would not be here if concerns had not been raised. Even one of your own ministers, Jane Garrett—she is not one of our ministers, one of your own ministers in Victoria, from the left, amazingly—could not condone what was going on. She stood aside. A board was sacked. A CEO had to resign. You have literally had litany, after litany, after litany of people raising concerns. Then, quite literally, the Andrew's government took action against them. If the agreement only deals with terms and conditions of the employees to which the agreement applies, as I said, the volunteer firefighters have no issue with that. But this is an example of an agreement that is extending the reach of clauses in the agreement to the volunteers, and that is where the issues arise.